Home
FAQs
Pricing
Blog
Home
FAQs
Pricing
Blog
Episode description
Sean Carroll: The Crisis in (Fundamental) Physics is Worse Than You Think...
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Aug 03, 2024
•
2 hr 59 min
•
Transcript available on
Metacast
--:--
--:--
10
30
Listen in podcast apps:
Metacast
Spotify
Youtube
RSS
Episode description
Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in dark energy, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Sean is a research professor at Caltech and a prolific author known for his books "The Big Picture" and "Something Deeply Hidden," which explore the intersection of science, philosophy, and the mysteries of the universe. YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo
Become a YouTube Member Here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join
Patreon:
https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
(early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Join TOEmail at
https://www.curtjaimungal.org
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Sean’s Current Work (Holographic Principle) 07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime 14:24 - “Let’s Talk About Philosophy” 30:36 - The Crisis in Fundamental Physics 45:02 - Pseudoscience / Heterodox Ideas 50:30 - Unconventional Physics Theories 56:02 - Funding Unconventional Theories 01:00:58 - “The Experimenters Are Guided by Theorists” 01:02:45 - Sean’s Latest Paper “Beyond Falsifiability” 01:11:17 - Poetic Naturalism 01:13:00 - Morals, Aesthetics, Philosophy 01:16:44 - Boltzman 01:22:25 - The Big Bang 01:24:58 - Holography / Quantum Gravity 01:28:40 - “Publish or Perish!” 01:33:30 - Dark Matter 01:36:05 - Something New to Blow Your Mind 01:39:22 - Loop Quantum Gravity 01:49:56 - Outro / Support TOE Links: • Peter Woit Podcast:
https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs
• Peter Woit's Book on "Not Even Wrong" (URL missing) • Lee Smolin Podcast:
https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc
• Neil Turok Podcast:
https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE
• Sean Carroll's "Crisis in Physics" Podcast (URL missing) • Sean Carroll's Podcast Channel (URL missing) • Sean Carroll's Book on "The Big Picture" (URL missing) • Julian Barbour Podcast with Michio Kaku (URL missing) • String Theory Iceberg Video:
https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY
• Economist Article on "Universe is Creaking" (URL missing) • Article on Quantum Microtubule Phenomenon:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
• Sean Carroll's Article:
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/03/06/being-a-heretic-is-hard-work
• Sean Carroll's Beyond Falsifiability Article:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05016
Support TOE: - Patreon:
https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
(early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto:
https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE
- PayPal:
https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE
- TOE Merch:
https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch
Follow TOE: - NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates:
https://www.curtjaimungal.org
- Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod
- TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_
- Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- Discord Invite:
https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs
- iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802
- Pandora:
https://pdora.co/33b9lfP
- Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:
https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join
#science #physics #sciencepodcast #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sean Carroll: The Crisis in (Fundamental) Physics is Worse Than You Think... | Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
